April 2013, Interview
August 2012, Video (4:27)
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences is partner of the Science Year 2012 “Project Earth: Our Future”.
13.10.2014
Induced Seismicity
Presentation of the publication “The 2001-Present Induced Earthquake Sequence in the Raton Basin of Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado,” by Prof. Dr. Horst Rüter The article by Justin L. Rubinstein, William L. Ellsworth, Arthur McCarr and[...]read more
26.09.2014
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New sponsors are urgently needed to continue the Shale Gas Information Platform, SHIP. SHIP seeks new sponsors who are willing to openly declare their support for the reporting of facts when it comes to shale gas. SHIP wishes not to receive support[...]read more
26.09.2014
Water Protection, Operations
The biggest environmental concern with shale gas exploration and production is water contamination. Whether or not hydraulic fracturing causes methane contamination of drinking water remains to be proved (Davies, 2011), although the possibility[...]read more
25.09.2014
Water Protection
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has released its new Produced Waters Geochemical Database and Map Viewer, an online platform that provides valuable information on a comprehensive list of chemicals, including major elements, trace elements,[...]read more
13.09.2014
Water Protection
Governments and businesses using hydraulic fracturing to develop shale gas could face intense water competition in the world’s largest reserves, according to a new report by the World Resources Institute* (WRI). The report is the first publicly[...]read more
09.09.2014
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The Royal Society of Chemistry publishes articles that cover the science associated with the subject of hydraulic fracturing as well as a variety of views and opinions from all sides of the debate. As a journal wanting to inform and encourage debate[...]read more
05.09.2014
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The German National Academy of Science and Engineering* (acatech) has instituted the project, "Hydraulic Fracturing – a debated technology”. This available report from the project, in which leading scientists from the Helmholtz Centre – German[...]read more
04.09.2014
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The German NDR TV channel broadcasted the show “Excessive panic? The bad image of fracking” on 2 September 2014. The 10-minute-long show questions, among other things, the statements of the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) and the Federal[...]read more
03.09.2014
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WellWiki.org provides data, news and history on oil and gas wells from the United States and Canada. Currently, the site provides data on some 420,000 wells in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, with a special emphasis on unconventional shale wells in[...]read more
06.08.2014
Generic
Dear Reader,Today we would like to inform you about some of the latest news on SHIP. The German Federal Environment Ministry and the Federal Ministry of Economics have agreed on key principles in the regulation of fracking. Additionally, the German[...]read more
01.08.2014
Generic, Water Protection, Induced Seismicity, Climate Impact, Hydraulic Fracturing
On July 30, the German Federal Environmental Agency (UBA) published its second survey [available in German] on the environmental impacts of hydraulic fracturing for the exploration and production of natural gas with particular emphasis on shale gas[...]read more
01.08.2014
Induced Seismicity
Author: Prof.Dr. Horst Rüter In an article that attracted a lot of press attention Keranen et al. (2014) take a closer look at the strong increase in seismicity in Oklahoma and therefore also in the central and eastern USA, something that has been[...]read more
30.07.2014
Water Protection
Author: Dr. Bernd Wiese A short summary of the paper: Flewelling et al., 2013, propose a worst-case scenario approach to determine the maximum possible hydraulic fracture height in tight oil and gas formations. The analysis is carried out in two[...]read more
29.07.2014
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The Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) organised a workshop on “Shale Gas in Europe: A Transdisciplinary Approach” on May 21st and 22nd 2014. The participants came from Germany, the USA, the UK, France, Poland and Ukraine, and[...]read more
22.07.2014
Hydraulic Fracturing, Induced Seismicity, Water Protection
The Geological Society of London* organizes monthly geoscience lectures with invited experts as speakers. In April 2014, Professor Richard Davies from the University of Durham gave a talk titled “Fracked or fiction: so what are the risks associated[...]read more
21.07.2014
Operations, Generic
On July 9, 2014, the American Petroleum Institute (API) published a first-of-its-kind industry standard for community engagement in areas of the country where horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing have opened new energy development[...]read more
11.07.2014
Legislation, Generic
The German Federal Environment Ministry and the Federal Ministry of Economics have agreed on key principles in the regulation of fracking. These are the most stringent principles that have ever been in place in Germany in this area. In the[...]read more
10.07.2014
Water Protection
PSE* published the original article in March 2014 and is with permission reproduced on SHIP. Surface and groundwater contamination associated with modern natural gas development Documentation of water contamination associated with modern natural[...]read more
09.07.2014
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The Shale Gas Information Platform SHIP counted more than 10,100 page visits in May 2014! And the "secret" to its rising success - balanced fact-based news and unbiased discussions laid out in easy to understand terms for all stakeholders[...]read more
25.06.2014
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Dear Reader,Today we would like to inform you about some of the latest news on SHIP. Two new expert articles by Prof. Dr. Horst Rueter from HarbourDom Consulting are available on SHIP. The presented articles deal with induced seismicity in the[...]read more
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